Hants and Dorset players have just completed a golden year on the European Challenge Tour.

East Dorset's Lee James topped the order of merit with 121,531 euros and Matt Blackey of Hayling was third with 94,120 euros.

James won three events in total while Blackey, who took the Hampshire Amateur and Hampshire Open titles before joining the European Tour, was a back-to-back winner in the Formby Hall Challenge and the Telia Grand Prix of Sweden in September.

Both players move up to the main European Tour next season with Blackey joining former Hampshire amateur team-mates Justin Rose and Richard Bland.